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                  Name game: Al-Ahly midfielder Mahmoud Abdelrazek Hassan Fadlala, wears Shikabala on his shirt | AFP

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                  Ranging from the presidential such as Obama to the abstract like Kahraba (electricity) or El Winch, the tradition of Egyptian footballers taking bizarre nicknames is alive and kicking.

                  The flamboyant and sometimes satirical naming of players was prominently employed by Badr Ragab, a youth coach at Egypt’s most successful club Al-Ahly during the 1980s, as he handed out nicknames to his young squad.

                  “When I was a coach of the youth team at Al-Ahly, I decided to dish out nicknames to my players for a few reasons. I dreamt that they would become international stars and wanted to motivate them to work hard by emulating well-known footballers,” he told AFP.

                  “The names are based on their resemblance to famous players as well as their skills. I gave Kareem Waleed the nickname Nedved because he resembled Pavel Nedved of Juventus and Mahmoud Hassan who had shades of David Trezeguet of the French national team,” he added.

                  The Egyptian Trezeguet, 26, is with English side Aston Villa after stints in Belgium with Anderlecht and in Turkey with Kasimpasa, and has played 48 times for Egypt.

                  Ragab dubbed Egypt national team wing Mahmoud Abdel-Moniem, ‘Kahraba’, because of his energy.

                  Weird and wacky
                  Not everyone is happy with the nicknames, even though Egyptian fans have come to embrace them wholeheartedly.

                  Ramy Barakat, Egypt’s former team psychologist, maintains that the nicknames are not helpful in the long run.

                  Role model: Aston Villa’s Egyptian Trezeguet was nicknamed for France’s World Cup winning striker | AFP

                  “Some players consider these nicknames devoid of meaning and are just hard workers who want to reach stardom while others fall prey to it and believe they’ve made it,” he said.

                  “I prefer not giving younger players such nicknames,” he added.

                  But that has not stopped players putting their weird and wacky nicknames on their kits.

                  Zamalek stalwart Youssef Ibrahim, 25, was given the nickname “Obama” by team-mates, when he made the first-team squad. They said he looked like former US president Barack Obama.

                  Al-Ahly defender Ahmed Ramadan goes by “Beckham”, as a tribute to English star David Beckham. Khalil Heggi, also at Al-Ahly, has opted to take the name of Brazil and Paris Saint-Germain striker “Neymar”.

                  One of the most beloved Egyptian players Mahmoud Abdel-Razeq, who played for Zamalek and their fierce rivals Al-Ahly, is simply known as “Shikabala”. It is an Egyptian version of the name of Zambian star Webster Chikabala, who played professionally in Portugal.

                  Zamalek defender Mahmoud Hamdy is known as “El Winch” because of his bulging strength.

                  Getting shirty: when Al-Ahly’s Mohamed Magdy has his shirt on it carries the name ‘Afsha’ | AFP

                  As with much of Egyptian public life, the military is represented. El-Entag El-Harby (Military Production) has a player called “Bazooka”.

                  The ridiculous is also represented with Abdel Rahman Khaled of Arab Contractors taking the nickname “Gebna” (cheese).

                  Perhaps the oddest tag belongs to Al-Ahly star Mohamed Magdy.

                  His nickname “Afsha” is Egyptian slang for catching chickens before they are slaughtered. His mother affectionately called him that because he was especially gifted with the ‘grab’ on the chickens she sold in their small rural village.

                  © Agence France-Presse

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                  Walter Kinyua

                  Walter Kinyua

                  Walter is a Multimedia Journalist for The Kenya Times, and its affiliates. He focuses on all areas of Diaspora news related to Kenya, and Africa at large, and has a keen interest in ordinary life stories affecting people. He is also an avid sports contributor and follower.

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